Peniel Pentecostal Holiness Church

3239 Rosebud Road Walnut Cove NC 27052
Pastor: Dr. Tim Nelson -  Church Office 336-591-36112
A Place To Encounter God Face To Face. Gen. 32:3

A Word From The Pastor Archives 2025
April 2025
 

"Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, -"  Matthew 28:19

Jesus' earthly ministry took place in Israel.  As He prepared to return to the Father and send the promised Holy Spirit, the Church was being sent to go outside Israel and disciple the whole world.  The central focus for the disciples at the time Jesus spoke was to no longer focus only on Israel, but to include the Gentiles in their mission.  This was s shift from Christ's previous instructions and would have been a great challenge for these Jewish disciples.  Yet Jesus sent them, and we must remember that just as the first century Church was called to go, the Church today, we who are His disciples, is also called to go and disciple all people groups, all languages, and all nations.  No people group is to go undiscipled.

We are commanded to GO, BAPTIZE, and TEACH.  How are you obeying this call locally and worldwide?  The Great Commission involves both sharing the GOOD NEWS personally and helping others GO to places you may never go.  Let us obediently BE the disciples we are called to be and DO the discipling we are called to do.

"I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out."  Luke 19:40

In his book, "Our Guilty Silence," John R. W. Stott, the famous pastor of an Anglican Church in London and a great communicator of Christian truth focuses on the idea that the church has withheld the gospel from the world.

He said, "We have not proclaimed the great, marvelous, delivering, liberating truth which is inherent in the good news of Jesus Christ.  Because we have failed to evangelize, in this sense, we are guilty.

Our silence has condemned men to death and misery and darkness."  This is a sobering reality because the church at large has not properly spoken in these terms, and we need to hear that voice.

"He that spared not his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?" - Romans 8:32

When Jesus rose from the grave, He changed everything.  Through Jesus' death and resurrection, we were granted the promise of eternal life when we believe with our heart and confess with our mouth that Jesus is the Christ.  We also received a restored relationship with God the Father, freedom from sin, a sense of purpose.  Most importantly, we now have the ability to commune directly with God.  The resurrection transformed our understanding of life itself.

The above passage proclaims that God, "did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all--how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?"  The resurrection of Jesus changed everything.  By His death and resurrection Christ has removed every barrier to a loving relationship with God and eternal life.  We rejoice that in Christ, we now have a new hope and a glorious future through Jesus!

"To everything there is a season, A time for every purpose under heaven:" - Ecclesiastes 3:1

We often hear the question, "What time is it?"  Could it be that we have stripped this question to its most mechanistic, petty level.  For most, this question is only about stopwatches and timetables,  but never about meaning.  If you feel trapped on the treadmill of endless, breathless busy-ness, maybe it's time for you to stop asking, "What time is it?" and begin asking "What is it time for?"

Too often we focus on "chronos" time, and seldom think about "kairos" time.  But what is the difference?  Chronos refers to linear, measurable time, while kairos signifies the right, opportune, or critical moment.  Chronos is the time we measure with clocks and calendars, emphasizing duration, while kairos is a qualitative experience where time seems to stop or become less important, often associated with deep engagement or a sense of opportunity.  Asking "What is it time for?" should make us pause and consider the opportunity God has placed before us.  Always living or being driven by chronos time will keep us busy, while living by kairos time will position us to be productive and particularly productive for the Kingdom of God and the Church.

What is it time for?  What is it time for - for YOU and for Peniel?